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How dark patterns help brands like Temu and Shein to drive sales

Inside Retail

However, lurking in the shadows are what are known as ‘dark patterns’, intricately designed digital experiences that exploit human psychology – often at the expense of users’ best interests. In essence, a dark pattern is a devised user interface or interaction design that guides users into taking actions they might not have intended.

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Stephanie Thatenhorst bedecks kid-friendly optician in graphic patterns

Dezeen

Triangular patterned tiles and an eyewear-dispensing machine feature in Stephanie Thatenhorst's playful interior for this children's optician in Munich. Fabric-wrapped drawers with contrasting blue handles provide storage space for stock, while a series of round and oval mirrors with blue frames are set in between each wall display.

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Are we entering a bricks-and-mortar renaissance? Here’s what the data says

Inside Retail

The scale of a renaissance in bricks-and-mortar store openings may well be modest but it does contrast with an extended prior to and through the Covid-19 pandemic of store network pruning. For the period of October to January, the ABS described retail sales as flat contrasting with the more bullish assessment of CBRE.

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Bottega Veneta creative director Matthieu Blazy combines glass bricks and walnut for first store

Dezeen

"Woven" leather sofas and chairs are positioned in the space Within the space, enclaves of soft seating and carpeted dressing rooms create smaller areas, contrasting the wide open stretches of glass brick in the main store. A spiral staircase leads to a second floor The woven pattern is echoed in the carving of walnut tables and columns.

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Apparatus updates Los Angeles showroom to include a “modernist grotto”

Dezeen

This surface treatment has a reflective quality meant to contrast the first space. It has an installation featuring multiple of Appratatus' iconic Cloud chandeliers that give the space an airiness when contrasted with the earthy textures of the first. After the grounding of the first space, this functions as a release."

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Choosing the Best Materials for Visual Merchandising Concepts in Luxury Retail Stores

Retail Focus

Enthral your customers by mixing and matching materials with other styles and knowing which material best suits your visual merchandising concepts. Easily combined with other materials such as MDF, acyclic, and fabric . We can also apply other Pantone colours coating to surfaces based on the brand’s guidelines. .

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Apple forecasts faster sales growth, despite glum economy

Inside Retail

Apple says parts shortages are easing and that demand for iPhones is unceasing despite consumers tightening other spending, helping it top Wall Street expectations and forecast faster sales growth ahead. By contrast, the overall global smartphone market dropped 9 per cent during the just-ended quarter, according to Canalys data.